Clipper blade assembly

A blade assembly for use with a hair clipper, the clipper including a handle with a drive end, a drive member extending from the drive end, and a first coupling formation disposed at the drive end, said blade assembly comprising:

• a housing having a fixed blade and a moving blade reciprocating relative to said fixed blade, a second coupling formation configured for engaging the first coupling formation, said second coupling formation being configured for accommodating the drive member, said housing also having blade locating means for locating said fixed blade thereon;
• said blades being substantially identical, each said blade configured for use as either of said fixed blade and said moving blade, each said blade having a web portion, a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge, said first cutting edge being longer than said second cutting edge;
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• said first cutting edge being configured for application as the fixed blade, and said second cutting edge being configured for application as the moving blade, wherein one of said blades serves as said moving blade by employing said second cutting edge, and the other of said blades serves as said fixed blade by employing said first cutting edge.

A pair of clipper blades for use in a blade assembly of a hair clipper, the blade assembly having a fixed blade and a moving blade reciprocating relative to the fixed blade, each of said clipper blades being configured for use as either of said fixed blade and said moving blade, each said clipper blade comprising:

• a first edge and a second edge;
• a web portion disposed between said first edge and said second edge;
• a plurality of cutting teeth on each of said edges;
• at least one blade assembly engagement formation being located on said web portion closer to one of said edges than the other of said edges, so that when said clipper blades, each having said web portion and said at least one engagement formation are inserted into the blade assembly in reversed opposing relationship to each other, one of said blades being the fixed blade and having a first plurality of cutting teeth, and the other of said blades being the moving blade and having a second plurality of cutting teeth, the moving blade is laterally offset relative to the fixed blade.

A clipper blade for use in a blade assembly of a hair clipper, the blade assembly having a fixed blade and a moving blade reciprocating relative to the fixed blade, said clipper blade comprising:

• a first edge and a second edge, said second edge being longer than said first edge;
• a web portion disposed between said first edge and said second edge;
• a first plurality of teeth on said first edge;
• and a second plurality of teeth on said second edge;
• said web portion being vertically offset from at least one of said first and second edges;
• at least one blade guide slot in said web portion;
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• at least one blade locating slot in said web portion.